Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 4: Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar Rao has passed another order directing ADGP Lokayukta not to proceed with any investigation based on any complaints already filed or to be filed in the matter relating to corruption in the Lokayukta office. Though, as the Lokayukta, he cannot interfere in the police investigation, Justice Rao has written to Lokayukta ADGP, Prem Shankar Meena, to direct

New Delhi, Jul 3: The Supreme Court on Friday gave the Karnataka government and the State Election Commission eight more weeks to hold the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palika (BBMP) polls, declining the state's plea for more time for delimitation of wards on the basis of 2011 Census. A bench of Chief Justice H.L. Dattu, Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Amitava Roy said it may give more time for the

Mangaluru, Jul 3: Demanding the withdrawal of Ola cab service from Mangaluru with immediate effect and proper enquiry into the money source of App based taxi service, traditional taxi operators staged a massive protest in the city on Friday. The protest was organised under the aegis of Dakshina Kannada Taxi Men’s and Maxicab Association. The agitators, who took out a taxi rally from Jyothi circle

Mangaluru, Jul 3: In a heart-warming and humble gesture, over a hundred Muslim families in the hilly village of Asrang in Gorkha district who were affected by the devastating earthquake which left hundreds of thousands of Nepalis homeless, declined to accept Zakat offered by a philanthropic team from Mangaluru, despite their helpless condition. When members of an non-governmental organisation from

Hyderabad, Jul 3: RSS spokesman Jishnu Basu in West Bengal who shares a 2,216 km border with Bangladesh sparks a fresh controversy saying "Killing or smuggling a cow is equivalent to raping a Hindu girl.” He demanded a stringent action against those who are involved in killing or smuggling of cattle. Some 30,000 Indian soldiers guarding the border with Bangladesh have now new commands from the

Mumbai, Jul 3: Police sub-inspector and 'encounter specialist' Daya Nayak has been suspended from Maharashtra Police. A government official said that Daya Nayak has been suspended. He, however, declined to comment on what led to this development. Nayak, who was reinstated in service in June 2012, was last year transferred to Nagpur, pending inquiries against him. However, he did not join duty

Mangaluru, Jul 3: In a case of suspected suicide, a 55-year-old man was found dead inside a well near his house at Katipalla on the outskirts of the city on Friday morning. The deceased has been identified as Madhusudhan Rao (55), a painting contractor by profession residing at Katipalla. He was an active member of Congress party. Rao’s wife had lodged a complaint with jurisdictional police

Kasaragod, Jul 3: A court here awarded six months imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs.2,000 each to 25 persons convicted in the 2007 violence at Manjathadukka locality near here. The Chief Judicial Magistrate court here on Thursday awarded the ‘sentence to Narayanan, 27, Chandrasekhara, 20, Balachandran, 33, Ramachandran, 40, Ramesh, 22, Sreekumar, 26, Vishwanatha, 28, Narayana, 35, Aitha, 50

Mangaluru, Jul 3: Dakshina Kannada district health officer Dr Ramakrishna Rao said that a total of 281 cases of dengue fever had been confirmed positive in the district from January 2015 through the ELISA test, while four deaths had been reported through the viral disease. Briefing media persons at a press conference at the District Health Office here on Thursday, he said that the suspected and

Mysuru, Jul 3: Sri Rama Sene leader Pramod Muthalik on Thursday alleged that irregularities to the tune of Rs 3,000 crore were reported in the State Minorities Commission. He said the managing director of the commission was not forthcoming on related information. He said though many communities came under minorities, only a particular community was deriving most of the benefits. “I will meet the